Is having a passion for collecting a matter of choice? Or is collecting an inherent uncontrollable desire? Is there actually a “ collecting gene”? Yes, absolutely! This blog examines the things people collect. Reports about collectibles ...

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The Collecting Gene: "Madoff collectibles flood eBay"

Coin & banknote collecting is a hobby but many Malaysian nowadays join banknote & coin collecting just for investing. Most of them is a young teen who just started to have some job and don't know what to do with their money.

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Banknote and coin collecting; for collection or investment?

Prepaid college tuition proposed in Oregon (KOIN News 6 Portland) · Banknote and coin collecting ; for collection or investment? Canadian Top 200 Companies · Prepaid college tuition proposed in Oregon (Argus Observer) · Market View Video ...

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Prepaid college tuition proposed in Oregon (KOIN News 6 Portland)

It’s a fantastic collection of paper money facts. How much do you know about paper money, let’s find out. 1. China was the first country to use paper money. Ancient paper money can be traced back to the Pai-Lu P’i-pi (white deer-skin ...

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Paper money facts | APNAOnline.ca

"That purchase led to a collection of 300 blowtorches, each from 50 to 100 years old and each a bit different from the other, he says. It led to publication in 2001 of his book Collectible Blowtorches by Schiffer Books of Pennsylvania. ...

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22. Begin a mail order business which promotes the hobby of collecting currency notes. Put together a catalogue which lists a wide selection of currency notes and collecting accessories. Advertise in coin collecting magazines. ...

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Dec-27-08

999 business ideas : 1 - 11

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Make cotton gloves especially designed for coin collectors . The gloves prevent the grease and moisture from fingers getting onto coins. Package the gloves and sell them from ads in coin collecting magazines or distribute to shops which sell collectible coins. ... 10. Set up a company which produces a compendium of strip games, for example: Strip poker, strip snakes and ladders, strip lotto, strip snap, and strip ludo. Sell by mail order from adverts in X-rated magazines. ...

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A coin collecting expert notes that the gold-dipped, painted coins equate to nothing more than a collectible, and the U.S. Mint — the only official purveyor of U.S. currency — is warning buyers of a hoax aimed at hard core Obama fans. ... In November, the U.S. Mint issued a warning to consumers cautioning that the ad-heavy commemorative coins — manufactured by several private companies in different versions of the design — are “not official U.S. Treasury products endorsed ...

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“Official” Obama coins a hoax, says U.S. Mint

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Coin News Daily December 22, 2008 : Coin Collecting News

Dec-22-08

New Ancient Coins Magazine

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Why would this be happening? Coin Clipping in Late Roman / Post Reform Britain by Keith Nurse - Why would people clip tiny little bits of metal off the coins? And can it be proved that these little bits were used to create more coins? ...

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New Ancient Coins Magazine